Round table on Greek and Turkish nationalism

Discussion on the topic of "Nationalism in Greece and Turkey" on the occasion of the publication of the book Το βάσανο της Ιστορίας by Umut Özkırımlı and Spyros A. Sofos.

Discussants:
Lena Divani, associate professor of foreign policy history at the University of Athens, vice president of the Greek Book Centre
Spyros A. Sofos, senior research fellow at the European Research Centre, Kingston University Ioannis Stefanidis, professor of diplomatic history at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Umut Özkırımlı, director of Turkish-Greek Studies at Istanbul Bilgi University - senior research fellow at the Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics

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